Oral period

On weekends, it was rare not to have to get up early, Xia Jingzhe stayed in bed with peace of mind until it was almost noon, half asleep and half awake when he felt the bed rails shaking caused by someone getting out of bed, and finally opened his eyes, remembering what day it is today.

His roommate and deskmate sat on the opposite bed covered with clothes, expressionless and not very sober.

"Morning," he yawned and sat up, took a look at his phone, found that it was already past eleven o'clock, and changed his words, "It's not too early - isn't there an appointment for a reexamination today, why don't you leave?"

Sleepy sleepy "um", the ending sound was very long, with the hoarseness unique to just waking up, like a cat purring without practical meaning, and it took a few seconds to spit out the second word: "hungry. "

Also, it is unreasonable to let the wounded who are already in poor health go to the hospital alone hungry.Xia Jingzhe thought about it, and remembered that the food in the cafeteria on Saturdays was always extremely poor, and it was not suitable for the last meal before the review, so he opened the takeaway software and asked him lazily: "What are you eating? —I want to eat pizza."

He sat on the bed with his knees bent, his head tilted, his cheeks were resting on his knees through the not-so-soft quilt, a small lump of soft flesh was pushed out on the side of his cheeks, and a lock of hair that was usually tied up was also loose, sleeping The whole person looks more harmless than usual, like some lazy little animal.

Zhen Xiao looked at it, recalling the soft touch of rubbing his hair once, the hand placed by his side moved unconsciously, and answered inappropriately: "What is pizza?"

"...Xueba, have you never eaten pork or seen a pig run?" Xia Jingzhe was amused by him, and teased with a sullen smile, "I will eat it by myself, and I will give you a piece later. If you... have tomatoes Pasta, you should know this, right?"

The other party rarely spoke back, nodded, got up and went to wash up.

According to Zhen Xiao himself, his scheduled re-examination time is 02:30 in the afternoon, which is more than three hours away, and the hospital is not far from the school, and it takes only ten minutes to walk there.

After placing the order and payment, Xia Jingzhe put down her phone, stretched her waist, and fell back into the bed, intending to get back to sleep before the food was delivered, and said loudly: "Send it to Ximen, the door behind the dormitory building , there is no security patrol on Saturday, and you can go down and get the takeaway later."

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped for a second, and then there was the sound of a glass hitting the tile countertop—if there was no rejection, it was a promise.

Really never refused him... Xia Jingzhe turned over, pulled up the quilt to avoid the glare of the sun, remembered this sentence by accident, couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth.

In a sense, he is also a good person.

When he woke up again, the takeaway was already on the table. It seemed that Zhenxiao answered the phone without waking him up, so he went down to get it very consciously—the person who took the takeaway was not polite to him at all, with a piece of food in his mouth The pizza that was supposed to belong to him, saw him wake up, and discussed it vaguely with him, saying that he liked it better and wanted to change it with him.

"You don't like cheese..." Xia Jingzhe waved his hand, not to argue with him, got up and planned to change clothes, and then remembered that this weekend, he had no plans to go out, so it didn't matter if he just wore short-sleeved pajamas. Let it go.

"By the way..." Zhen Xiao seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and suddenly asked, "Are you busy today?"

"It's nothing, just sort out the plot outline, draw comics, or play games—what's wrong?"

Zhen Xiao bit the piece of pizza slowly, as if thinking about something, but finally just nodded and didn't speak any more.

Do you want him to accompany you to the hospital... Xia Jingzhe looked at his face and thought - it's all right, although the injury on Zhenxiao's forehead has nothing to do with him, the remaining wounds are still caused by him after all. and, especially, bruises on the knees that interfere with walking.

And... After getting along for a long time, I know that this person speaks half of the truth and lies, and he has never told the truth about his physical condition. How is Xiao's physical condition?

It's not about caring, it's just to find out the details, so as not to be helpless if something happens one day...

So, he got up and got out of bed, walked to the table, picked up a piece of pizza, took a big bite, and asked in a natural tone, "Want me to accompany you?"

"No, I'm just...cough, I'm not familiar with the way to the hospital," Zhen Xiao looked away, took a sip of ice-cola, and said, "Just take a taxi."

Although in fact he didn't have the money to take a taxi, when he left the school gate, he still had to walk to the hospital with difficulty according to the map.

It's rare that instead of taking the initiative to take advantage of others, he also refused the kindness that came to his door, which seemed a little abnormal.Xia Jingzhe looked at him thoughtfully, and attributed this abnormality to the stubborn mouth of a dead duck, which was similar to his behavior during the opening ceremony when he was obviously hungry but still acted as if nothing had happened, so he was suspicious, so he deliberately lied to him: "Is it really not necessary? I remember that I had to cross a pedestrian street from school to the hospital. It was troublesome to drive around. There are many traffic lights and traffic jams are easy. It may take more time than walking. I have to register at the hospital. It’s almost two o’clock. Can I make it in time? ?”

Of course, the facts are not so exaggerated, but a life idiot like Zhen Xiao will definitely take it seriously.

Sure enough, after a short silence, the other party still let go, looking at the overheated sunlight outside the window, said softly: "As long as you don't mind making trouble..."

"Go in, I'll wait for you at the door."

Zhen Xiao is a person with low self-care ability, but he is familiar with the process of seeking medical treatment. It seems that he has been here many times, and he has not made people worry about it from registration to finding the corresponding clinic.Xia Jingzhe followed him to the door, feeling that she didn't need to accompany him in, so she patted his shoulder and said so.

Zhen Xiao nodded, without saying anything, turned around and knocked on the door of the consulting room - the door opened and then closed, and the boy in black sweater disappeared into the plain sight.

It was difficult to hear the conversation inside even though there was a wall.Xia Jingzhe came here with the intention of probing the other party's details, but he didn't listen to the bad habit of the corner, thinking that Zhenxiao would not be able to come out for a while, so he went to the bench by the door and sat down, took out his phone, and opened the usual Play stand-alone games to pass the time.

It's just that the door wasn't completely closed, and a sentence or two from the voice on the other side inevitably leaked into his ears.Listening, the young man silently put down his cell phone and looked towards the crack of the door with a dignified expression.

"No feeling of dizziness, nausea, or disturbance of consciousness... Well, that's good... Again, reduce thinking... Your situation is relatively rare, but from the results of the examination, there is nothing obvious in the brain. The injury... Well, it is not ruled out that it is a psychological problem..."

"...Memory...There is no good way for the time being, just like I told you on WeChat...There are many situations...It may be a memory that is more precious to you...or it may be something that your subconscious wants to forget Memory...don't get too entangled, amnesia caused by organic reasons can rarely be cured...but like you said, there is a vague feeling...well, yes, it may be recalled under certain conditions..."

"...Your mother's side... I heard that the current situation is good, but you can't see people...I'm afraid you are not suitable to meet in the short term...Don't hate her...It may not be her own will..."

"Is it hatred... It's hard to say, that time in August..."

"It's a skin injury this time, it's not a serious problem...on the face...you got into a fight with someone?...you still have to be careful...it's also fortunate that you are more tolerant to pain. I had a patient last week..."

"...Over there, I thought you were autistic at first... I firmly told people that you didn't... well, your eyes are different from those of autistic children, I can tell...you are more friendly to people Let's talk... If you make friends, that's good, at your age, you should make more friends..."

"Well, by the way, my kid asked me to thank you for coming... He said he asked you a question on WeChat, and you are a good teacher... No, no, curing diseases and saving lives is a bounden duty, so I should say thank you..."

"Some things... the past is the past, let's look forward."

……

He could almost imagine Zhen Xiao's expression—indifferent, perhaps more peaceful than usual, but he would not wear those real and fake smiles, showing loneliness that did not match his age, like a person far away from the world Lonely soul, listening to the other party silently, as if listening to some irrelevant story, occasionally the mood fluctuates slightly, and quickly returns to the indifference and alienation that has nothing to do with him...

The door of the consulting room was pushed open, and the familiar figure came back into sight, but he suddenly didn't know how to face Zhen Xiao.

As soon as he went out, he caught his gaze, Zhen Xiao was stunned, and said with usual expression: "Let's go."

The gauze stickers on his face have been replaced with new ones. It seems that the material is thicker and softer. There are no dark traces that ooze faintly. It is not very obtrusive when pasted on the thin blood-colored skin. In Xia Jingzhe's eyes, it is Still feel glaring.

"Are you OK?"

"It's just a review, what can I do?" Zhen Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked down at him—he didn't wear a school uniform jacket today, but only a black sweater. A small piece of metal was used as a substitute, and the voice was also vague, "What's wrong?"

Not counting knowingly asking, at least for a second, he really didn't understand why the other party stopped moving forward, but the next second, when Xia Jingzhe raised his face and looked at him again, he knew the reason.

The person in front of him is not good at hiding emotions, at least in his opinion, it is easy to understand, his thoughts are written on his face, and he can see through them at a glance.A few minutes ago, the doctor's words briefly flashed in his mind, and it was reasonable to coincide with the worry in the other party's eyes.

Zhen Xiao was silent for a moment, then sighed silently, "...you heard everything?"

Xia Jingzhe nodded.

He has no interest in exposing his scars to others, nor does he want to make his family ugly, Zhen Xiao always keeps silent about his past, even if the person he is facing is Xia Jingzhe—this "raccoon of the same breed" who he feels faintly familiar with and believes to be trustworthy— ——He will only let the other party see those innocuous weaknesses that he intentionally reveals. As for the real scars, he always hides them tightly, so as not to attract unnecessary pity and make him unhappy for nothing.

But this time, looking at the clear worry in the other party's eyes, he was a little shaken.

Does this count as caring for him... There is no condescending pity, pure care that is close to carefulness, such soft emotions fall on Xia Jingzhe's body through Xia Jingzhe's gaze, impartiality, and touched a certain rusty string in his heart.

Well, just think of it as a reward for telling him so much about the past, even though those words were not really meant for him—no, maybe they were meant for him.

"I'm fine, I'm in good health, and I'm mentally healthy," Zhen Xiao stretched out his hand to pat the top of his hair, and rubbed it like a kitten or dog, watching the soft hair being messed up by him, he squinted slightly in satisfaction He raised his eyes and said, "Let's go first, talk slowly on the way."

Xia Jingzhe frowned, and for the first time did not shake off his hand.